Local Election Results 2003
Wigan
One-third of council up for election.
CA = Community Action
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By-elections for Wigan (may be incomplete): 26th September 2002 (Leigh C.)
— 16th June 2005 (Douglas)
— 28th June 2007 (Tyldesley)
— 20th September 2007 (Wigan W.)
— 18th October 2007 (Wigan C.)
— 10th July 2008 (Wigan W.)
— 3rd March 2011 (Wigan C.)
— 4th April 2013 (Pemberton)
— 24th October 2013 (Winstanley)
— 13th November 2014 (Douglas)
— 19th October 2017 (Astley Mosley Common)
— 14th December 2017 (Shevington with Lower Ground)
— 14th October 2021 (Leigh W.)
— 25th November 2021 (Bryn)
— 15th December 2022 (Ashton)
— 4th July 2024 (Leigh S.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
26761 |
49.7% |
18 |
| Conservative |
9174 |
17.0% |
1 |
| Liberal Democrat |
7568 |
14.1% |
2 |
| Community Action |
7458 |
13.9% |
3 |
| Socialist Alliance |
1921 |
3.6% |
0 |
| British National Party |
944 |
1.8% |
0 |
| Carl Sweeney |
Lab |
1261 |
56.8% |
| Dennis Shambley |
BNP |
576 |
26.0% |
| Ronald Barnes |
CA |
218 |
9.8% |
| Marion Green |
C |
164 |
7.4% |
| Kevin Williams |
CA |
1256 |
46.8% |
| Patricia Holland |
Lab |
1060 |
39.5% |
| Marie Winstanley |
C |
276 |
10.3% |
| Marian Markham |
SocAll |
89 |
3.3% |
| Trevor Beswick |
LD |
1354 |
39.8% |
| George Davies |
Lab |
1296 |
38.1% |
| Barry Woolley |
C |
687 |
20.2% |
| Judith Ford |
SocAll |
61 |
1.8% |
| Reginald Holmes |
Lab |
989 |
53.7% |
| John Stackhouse |
LD |
659 |
35.8% |
| Ann Davies |
C |
193 |
10.5% |
| John Lea |
Lab |
881 |
53.7% |
| David Morris |
C |
393 |
24.0% |
| Glynnis Hogg |
LD |
305 |
18.6% |
| Barbara Hennessy |
SocAll |
61 |
3.7% |
| Andrew Collins |
Lab |
1010 |
55.5% |
| Nigel Wickes |
LD |
467 |
25.6% |
| Barry Alder |
C |
233 |
12.8% |
| Graham MacFarlane |
SocAll |
111 |
6.1% |
| Gary Wilkes |
CA |
1320 |
47.8% |
| Robin Atkinson |
Lab |
1222 |
44.2% |
| Stuart Foy |
C |
161 |
5.8% |
| Paul Lewis |
SocAll |
61 |
2.2% |
| Jack Topping |
Lab |
1278 |
66.7% |
| Andre Walker |
C |
331 |
17.3% |
| Tarek Gaber |
LD |
190 |
9.9% |
| Mark Tebbutt |
SocAll |
117 |
6.1% |
| Peter Turner |
Lab |
1039 |
58.0% |
| Rosina Oxley |
C |
343 |
19.2% |
| Solveiq Gaber |
LD |
273 |
15.3% |
| Claire Doherty |
SocAll |
135 |
7.5% |
| Robert Bleakley |
LD |
1685 |
61.1% |
| Philip Loudon |
Lab |
943 |
34.2% |
| Dorothy Angell |
C |
131 |
4.7% |
| John O'Brien |
Lab |
1196 |
47.9% |
| Janice Solinas |
CA |
648 |
25.9% |
| Andrew Oxley |
C |
564 |
22.6% |
| Keith Fry |
SocAll |
91 |
3.6% |
| David Molyneux |
Lab |
1085 |
73.9% |
| Robert Rees |
C |
139 |
9.5% |
| Michael Doherty |
SocAll |
125 |
8.5% |
| Ian Franzen |
CA |
120 |
8.2% |
| Michael Crosby |
Lab |
1211 |
42.6% |
| Gareth Fairhurst |
C |
1062 |
37.4% |
| Freda Graham |
LD |
476 |
16.8% |
| John Pointon |
SocAll |
91 |
3.2% |
| Barbara Jarvis |
Lab |
1030 |
66.0% |
| Alan Lowe |
C |
281 |
18.0% |
| Daniel Burrows |
CA |
170 |
10.9% |
| Robert Stephenson |
SocAll |
79 |
5.1% |
| Keith Cunliffe |
Lab |
1144 |
62.8% |
| Derek Davies |
C |
368 |
20.2% |
| James Forkgen |
CA |
232 |
12.7% |
| William Markham |
SocAll |
79 |
4.3% |
| Peter Solinas |
CA |
1540 |
45.5% |
| Alan Melling |
Lab |
1221 |
36.0% |
| James Grundy |
C |
568 |
16.8% |
| Marie Winnard |
SocAll |
58 |
1.7% |
| Joy Birch |
Lab |
981 |
66.5% |
| Martin Sutton |
LD |
348 |
23.6% |
| Barry Conway |
SocAll |
146 |
9.9% |
| Stephen Parker |
Lab |
815 |
59.3% |
| Margaret Crank |
CA |
508 |
37.0% |
| Samuel Blakeman |
SocAll |
51 |
3.7% |
| Ronald Capstick |
Lab |
1380 |
46.8% |
| Richard Clayton |
C |
1074 |
36.4% |
| Richard Moreton |
BNP |
368 |
12.5% |
| Robert Fairhurst |
SocAll |
125 |
4.2% |
| Henry Cadman |
C |
1265 |
47.9% |
| John Ball |
Lab |
913 |
34.6% |
| Alan Robinson |
LD |
351 |
13.3% |
| Frances Berka |
SocAll |
111 |
4.2% |
| Stephen Hellier |
Lab |
1237 |
51.1% |
| Richard Derricutt |
LD |
1186 |
48.9% |
| John Earl |
Lab |
1208 |
65.7% |
| Jean Beswick |
LD |
274 |
14.9% |
| Joan Pietre |
C |
239 |
13.0% |
| Janet Phillips |
SocAll |
117 |
6.4% |
| Philip Kelly |
Lab |
1259 |
44.6% |
| Stanley Barnes |
CA |
961 |
34.1% |
| Jonathan Cartwright |
C |
486 |
17.2% |
| John Bolton |
SocAll |
114 |
4.0% |
| Joseph Baldwin |
Lab |
1102 |
57.9% |
| William Barnes |
CA |
485 |
25.5% |
| Thomas Sutton |
C |
216 |
11.4% |
| Jacqueline Pointon |
SocAll |
99 |
5.2% |
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